Social Science

The Life of Clara Barton - Volume 2

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William E. Barton


Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a h…

The Child in the Midst: A Comparative Study of Child Welfare in Christian and N…

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Mary Shauffler Labaree


Chapters follow the progression of a child from birth through working years.Thus, Chapter 1 traces the child from newborn to toddler stage i…

Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

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Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments and Advisory Committee On Human Radiation Experiments


Researchers in the United States have performed thousands of human radiation experiments to determine the effects of atomic radiation and ra…

The Colored People of Chicago

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Louise DeKoven Bowen and Louise Dekoven Bowen


This book presents a summary of the findings conducted by the the Juvenile Protective Association in Chicago before the changes brought on b…

Among Cannibals

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Carl Lumholtz


From 1880-1883, the author undertook an academic expedition to Australia, with the purpose of recording zoological phenomena. While there, h…

More Australian Legendary Tales

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K. Langloh Parker


The present series of legends have all been collected by myself from the Blacks, as were the previous ones. But in this instance, I had much…

Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in London

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Elizabeth L. Banks


Elizabeth Banks was an American journalist who, at about age 23, moved to London. While trying to break into English journalism and to keep …

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life

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Émile Durkheim


A study and analysis of religion as a social phenomenon by French sociologist Émile Durkheim. (Summary by Erin Stone)

Woman and the Republic

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Helen Johnson


First published in 1897, the book is considered to be the best summary of the arguments against woman suffrage. It allows readers to underst…

Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls

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Ernest A. Bell


A complete and detailed account of the shameless traffic in young girls, the methods by which the procurers and panders lure innocent young …

Mental and Moral Heredity in Royalty. A Statistical Study in History and Psycho…

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Frederick Adams Woods


Frederick Adams Woods examined the biographical records and family trees of the great dynasties of Europe, judging and comparing their moral…

The Negro Laborer: A Word to Him

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William H. Councill


William H. Councill, former slave and contemporary of Booker T. Washington was founder of Huntsville Normal School, now Alabama Agricultural…

The Woman Movement

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Ellen Key


Ellen Key's 'The Woman movement' follows the development of the feminist movement striving towards a greater emancipation of women in the pu…

Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico

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Julian Corbett and John M. Corbett


This U.S. National Park Service historical handbook from 1962 introduces the reader to the history, geography, and archaeology of the Aztec …

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 2. Taboo and the Perils o…

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James Frazer


The third volume of The Golden Bough. The term Taboo is one of the very few words which the English language has borrowed from the speech of…

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

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Andrew Lang


The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Andrew Lang is a book mainly focused on the stories of ghosts and other mystical phenomenon. With frequent …

The Passing of the Great Race

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Madison Grant


The rapidly growing appreciation of the importance of race during the last few years, the study of the influence of race on nationality as s…

Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity

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Richard Alfred Davenport


This book contains many brief tales from history of commoners pretending to be kings and kings pretending to be commoners. Learn the fate of…

The Salem Witchcraft, the Planchette Mystery, and Modern Spiritualism

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Harriet Beecher Stowe and Samuel Robert Wells


The object in reprinting this most interesting review is simply to show the progress made in moral, intellectual, and physical science. The …

The Web of Indian Life

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Sister Nivedita


The Web of Indian Life, written by Sister Nivedita (Irish-born Margaret E. Noble) and published in 1904, is a collection of essays that desc…

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